★★★★★
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- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
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- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond was the third number one hit for Starship, about as far removed as you could get from Marty Balin's composition, "Miracles," which was the biggest hit that emerged from both the Jefferson Airplane and the Jefferson Starship. "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" is manufactured pop, but as mature bubblegum endorsed by Grace Slick, it didn't need the Oscar nomination to validate its brilliance...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
One must give credit to guitarist Craig Chaquico and vocalist Mickey Thomas as they crafted an album of great '80s rock totally devoid of the original talents who launched this enterprise with Blows Against the Empire in 1970, Chaquico having joined Kantner and Slick circa 1971 around the time of the Sunfighter project. The title track actually has a Jefferson Airplane vibe. A different arrangement and Grace Slick's voice would make that song, "Love Among the Cannibals," a good candidate for J...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
One must give credit to guitarist Craig Chaquico and vocalist Mickey Thomas as they crafted an album of great '80s rock totally devoid of the original talents who launched this enterprise with Blows Against the Empire in 1970, Chaquico having joined Kantner and Slick circa 1971 around the time of the Sunfighter project. The title track actually has a Jefferson Airplane vibe. A different arrangement and Grace Slick's voice would make that song, "Love Among the Cannibals," a good candidate for J...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
Left for dead after the departure of bandleader Paul Kantner the previous year, the newly christened Starship experienced an unexpected commercial comeback with 1985's Knee Deep in the Hoopla. The long-running band's most overtly commercial effort to date, Knee Deep in the Hoopla featured two number one hits: the unusual and much-maligned "We Built This City" and the Mickey Thomas-sung ballad "Sara...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond was the third number one hit for Starship, about as far removed as you could get from Marty Balin's composition, "Miracles," which was the biggest hit that emerged from both the Jefferson Airplane and the Jefferson Starship. "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" is manufactured pop, but as mature bubblegum endorsed by Grace Slick, it didn't need the Oscar nomination to validate its brilliance...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
Left for dead after the departure of bandleader Paul Kantner the previous year, the newly christened Starship experienced an unexpected commercial comeback with 1985's Knee Deep in the Hoopla. The long-running band's most overtly commercial effort to date, Knee Deep in the Hoopla featured two number one hits: the unusual and much-maligned "We Built This City" and the Mickey Thomas-sung ballad "Sara...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
Through attrition, the Starship has dwindled down to one original member, guitarist Craig Chaquico, picking up faceless new recruits to replace those who departed, weary of the band's bloodless and dull "rock radio" sound. Though the Starship has managed a few unmemorable hits, it has been hopelessly adrift in a galaxy of mediocrity. With Love Among the Cannibals, the band has at last been swallowed up by a black hole from which no decent music is allowed to escape...
- www.rollingstone.com
2008-08-07